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I'm not sure about DOTA, but in LOL there is also champion select which happens before the game starts, where you try to pick/ban/steal champions to get a good
by ronald_raygun 9y ago
I'm not sure about DOTA, but in LOL there is also champion select which happens before the game starts, where you try to pick/ban/steal champions to get a good team comp and get the other team to have a bad team comp. It's lots of know overall strategy, what your enemy likes, and some game theory.
You can lose the game before your summoner even hits the field.
- derimagia 9y agoYep it's called Drafting
- deivid 9y agoMain difference is all Dota heroes are viable in competitive. Also, there's no mirror match
- needz 9y agoOnly 3 heroes not picked in TI, iirc. It hasn't always been this diverse though. This patch is particularly well balanced.
- deivid 9y agoPicked heroes have been >80% since TI3. Compare that to LoL's ~50% https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4n5og5/comparing_professional_lol_champion_pick/ https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/4n5og5/com...
- duskwuff 9y agoOut of 112 heroes which are currently available in Captain's Mode, 107 have been picked at least once during the group stage and main event. Two (Lion and Tiny) have each been banned once but never picked, and three (Bane, Spectre, and Skele-- er, Wraith King) have not been picked or banned. https://www.dotabuff.com/esports/events/197/picks https://www.dotabuff.com/esports/events/197/picks
- justicezyx 9y agoPut my war3 dota hat on... LoL is a simplified dota which are tailored to less-skilled players. The basic elements are all the same.
- thenomad 9y agoYup, that's exactly the same in DOTA. The pick phase is considered by some commentators to be the most interestingly strategic part of the entire game! (At a pro level, obviously. At the level I play at, not so much...)